Anal Sex Workshop Featured by Harvard University

No matter what kind of sex you are or aren't having, it's important that it be safe. That's exactly why Harvard University held an anal sex 101 class as part of its Sex Week.

According to College Fix, Harvard hosted an anal sex 101 class, teaching students what they need to know about “putting things in your butt." The workshop, entitled "What What In The Butt: Anal 101," took place on Tuesday, November 7, just after a workshop on STDs in the LGBTQ community.

"Sex Week fans asked for it, and here it is... Interested in anal play but unsure where to begin? Led by a Good Vibrations educator, this workshop will teach you how to make anal play healthy, safe, and pleasurable," a description of the event on the Sex Week Facebook page said. "You won't want to miss this event."

Just like with any form of sex, anal isn't for everyone, but as Gigi Engle pointed out for Teen Vogue, it's important to know the facts if anal sex or any form of anal pleasure is something you'd like to explore. Whether that means learning about proper protection, the importance of lube, or why people are interested in anal sex in the first place, having knowledge about your own body and pleasure can keep sex healthy and safe, just like Harvard's event aimed to do.

“Oftentimes campus dialogue doesn’t include important aspects of sex, sexuality and sexual health, gender and gender identity, and relationships and intimacy,” Lita D. Peña, co-president of the university's Sexual Health Education and Advocacy Throughout Harvard (SHEATH), told the Harvard Crimson. “These are really complicated conversations and we should be having these conversations more often.”

Lita also said the week serves to destigmatize all the kinds of sex people enjoy, in an effort to make it easier for people to access the information that can keep them healthy and safe.

“Let’s get rid of the stigma surrounding everything about sex,” Lita said. “That’s the only way everyone can have really healthy and successful sex lives, whether that includes having sex or not.”

According to the Harvard Crimson, this is the 7th annual sex week at the university, sponsored by SHEATH.